Anyone else rooting for Sheila?

Cendrillon, 6/15/2022, 8:05PM(682 days ago) @Riley

First of all, NO - it was NOT Hunter Tylo's "career choices" that caused Brad Bell to 'kill' Taylor in 2002. THAT WAS ENTIRELY ON BRAD - his decision!! Hunter Tylo was not expecting the phone call where he told her that her beloved character was going to die. You may be an expert on Brooke and KKL, but I am just as much an expert on Taylor and Hunter Tylo. One of the soap magazine writers even claimed that HT went "ballistic" when she heard the bad news - which was not true, but Hunter wrote extensively on her official message board at the time about how it would "hopefully be easier" for her when she actually stopped shooting altogether (as she had to do some bits and pieces even after Taylor's 'death', such as appearing in Ridge's hallucinations etc).

If you're talking about Hunter joining Melrose Place, that happened in 1996 - at which point Taylor simply left town. She wasn't killed off. That was OVER 6 YEARS before Sheila shot Taylor in October 2002.

Even in 2013, Hunter Tylo was COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED by Brad Bell's decision to write Taylor out of the show - she did an entire podcast about this. Deflecting any of the blame onto Hunter Tylo is flat out wrong.

At the same time I maintain, to use your words, that "it is simply not true" to say that Brooke has "suffered significant losses" LIKE TAYLOR. I don't think too many people in the world would EVER equate miscarriages to losing ACTUAL CHILDREN that you have loved and raised. That is an absolutely ludicrous analogy, to be frank. Phoebe wasn't just a "teenager" either, for the record - she was a young adult, although that is almost beside the point!

And Brooke losing her mother and her brother is a moot point, because TAYLOR had also lost her mother - early on in the show, she was shown to be very upset on her mother's death anniversary. For all we know, Taylor has now lost her father too, because there has been zero mention of Jack Hamilton in well over a decade - as far back as 2013, Brad Bell had forgotten that Taylor's maiden name was Hamilton, and had her say that HAYES was her maiden name. He completely wiped out Taylor's original family. Her brother Zach is gone too......last we heard he was doing work in Africa in 2005, and couldn't be reached. Brooke has TWO OF HER SIBLINGS on the show, and we know her father is alive as well, but really the only people in Taylor's corner right now are Ridge, Steffy and Thomas.

In addition to her children and sisters, Brooke also has the undying and unwavering support of Eric, Bill and Deacon. Taylor doesn't have her exes offering their physical and moral support to her the same way. Characters like Dr. Pierce Peterson, Hector Ramirez and Blake Hayes who were once there for Taylor are now LONG GONE - we are almost definitely not going to see any of them ever again. Eric CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY favors Brooke, so really the only man Taylor has in her corner right now is Ridge. Only her children advocate for her, whereas Brooke has 3 DIFFERENT EXES advocating for her!!!!!!

I don't see anything involving Caroline as relevant because the only reason Brooke HAD an actual chance to be impregnated by Ridge in the late 80s, out of wedlock, was because she CONSPIRED with Thorne and withheld Caroline's letter from Ridge. Brooke was always the interloper and (later) homewrecker - that role was never one that Taylor was brought into fill. And Brooke marrying Eric and having children with him ONLY BENEFITED her - that was not a "loss". I don't think too many people would consider having children as smart and successful as Rick and Bridget to be a "loss". It has also cemented her position in the Forrester family, since Rick and Bridget are "blood" Forresters in a way that Taylor's children are not, and Eric is perpetually devoted to Brooke, whereas he barely even acknowledges Taylor anymore.

I don't see why you would say that Pheobe's death didn't cause any "subsequent losses" for Taylor, when PHOEBE'S DEATH ITSELF was a permanent and irrevocable loss for her. There is nothing worse for a parent than losing a child you have loved and raised........it seems practically callous and insensitive to suggest that this wasn't a big deal for Taylor "subsequently", when she STILL HAS THAT LOSS in her life. You make such a big deal out of Brooke's miscarriages, but you seem to be very flippant and glib about Phoebe's death. I doubt you would ever have that attitude if Hope died.

The reason Taylor divorced Blake was because he was being PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE. But she almost reunited with him later on, once he had started taking medication for his mental issues. To say that Taylor used Blake to get through college is like saying that Brooke USED Ridge and Eric to become a permanent resident of Beverly Hills/Bel Air.

As for Whip giving Taylor an amicable annulment, Whip is now LONG GONE TOO - he's not there to constantly bolster Taylor and reassure her and support her and offer his love and devotion to her, the way Deacon, Bill and Eric are there for Brooke. As for Thorne forgiving Taylor, he realized that what happened to Darla was an accident - Taylor didn't deliberately and maliciously "make" him a widower or "make" his daughter lose her mom. She wouldn't have even been driving drunk if she didn't think that Phoebe was in mortal danger, but of course no Brooke fan will ever admit that.

Ridge himself wanted Bill dead - he categorically asked Sheila to KILL HIM in 2018 before Taylor shot him - so he and Taylor were on the same page there. As for Bill forgiving Taylor - the pot cannot call the kettle black, because BILL HIMSELF had tried to murder multiple characters before, such as Amber and of course Ridge!! Bill should have been behind bars ages ago - he was an amoral scoundrel from day one, unlike Taylor.

The only thing I agree with you on is the fact that Brooke losing one of her adult children would finally give KKL some dramatic material to play besides being Ridge's DOORMAT, but we obviously don't agree on literally anything else, so we will have to agree to disagree henceforth on ALL THINGS concerning Taylor and Brooke.

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